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In Praise Of Parochialism: The Advent Of Local Environmental Law, John R. Nolon
In Praise Of Parochialism: The Advent Of Local Environmental Law, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article explains the role that local governments have assumed in protecting the environment, explores the means by which they have obtained their authority to do so, and discusses how this enhanced municipal role should influence environmental and land use policy at the federal and state level. Part II reviews federal efforts to control nonpoint source pollution, and identifies the constraints on federal action. Among these constraints is the national understanding that the power to control the private use of land is a state prerogative, one that has been delegated, in most states, to local governments. Part III describes how …
Introduction: Considering The Trend Toward Local Environmental Law, John R. Nolon
Introduction: Considering The Trend Toward Local Environmental Law, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
In this symposium issue of the Pace Environmental Law Review we take a close look at the advent of local environmental law. With the editors of the Review and a number of distinguished scholars and practitioners, we define what this new field is and consider what it means for public policy and the practice of law. The intent of this issue is to invite lawyers, scholars, practitioners, legislators, regulators, students, and citizen leaders to consider this burgeoning new field: local environmental law. It is my task to introduce the reader to the field and frame the issues for its further …